KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- They made a mockery out of the home-field advantage. They finished six games out of first place. Their best player was missing in action during the World Series.
Yeah, all that and $8 will get you a bunch of garlic fries at AT&T Park...

They made a mockery out of the home-field advantage. They finished six games out of first place. Their best player was missing in action during the World Series.
Yeah, all that and $8 will get you a bunch of garlic fries at AT&T Park — the home of...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – They made a mockery out of the home-field advantage. They finished six games out of first place. Their best player was missing in action during the World Series.
Yeah, all that and $8 will get you a bunch of garlic fries at AT&...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The San Francisco Giants lost. They lost a game, and with it they lost the chance to clinch their third World Series championship in five years.
Losses happen. But the way the Giants lost, collapsing in one inning and losing...

SAN FRANCISCO — Grateful Dead songs played over the p.a. system at AT&T Park during batting practice Friday in what may have been a devious plan to mellow out Royals' hitters before Game 3 of the World Series.
After the shaky performance of the Giants' bullpen in the sixth inning of the Game 2 loss, some outside-the-boombox thinking was definitely in order.
If the 2014 postseason has taught us anything, it's to not try to play catch-up against these Royals. The power trio of relievers Kelvin...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Salvador Perez hit a two-run double and Omar Infante belted a two-run homer in a five-run sixth inning, and the Kansas City Royals defeated the San Francisco Giants 7-2 Wednesday night to even the World Series at one game apiece.
Manager Bruce Bochy used five pitchers in the sixth inning as the Giants' bullpen imploded.
Giants starter Jake Peavy, who retired 10 consecutive batters entering the inning, was pulled after center fielder Lorenzo Cain singled and first baseman Eric...

The manager walked to the mound to remove the pitcher. An umpire escorted the pitcher back to the dugout.
That was the lingering image of a weird confrontation during Game 2 of the World Series. The Kansas City Royals had just awakened themselves from their slumber, and a rookie pitcher named Hunter Strickland proceeded to anger them.
The World Series is all even now, and much more compelling. The Royals beat the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday, 7-2, with Omar Infante capping a five-run sixth inning...

The Kansas City Royals would not be here without James Shields. They bet big on him, in one of the most criticized trades in recent memory, and they won. No pitcher in the major leagues started more games this season, and the Royals got into the playoffs, for the first time in 29 years.
And then they got into the World Series, and then their ace failed them.
Maybe they would not have won anyway. Madison Bumgarner, who is carving himself a spot as an October legend, was on the mound for the San...

For the second time in their last three victories, the San Francisco Giants won a postseason game on a crazy throw by the opposing pitcher.
The Giants could not be more thrilled. This plays into their mythology, and maybe even gets into the heads of the guys on the other team.
"We can score runs without hits," coach Tim Flannery said. "We've proven that."
This is how the Giants won Tuesday: Brandon Crawford walked. Juan Perez tried to bunt, failed, then singled. Gregor Blanco bunted, and St. Louis...

In the modern ballpark, where nothing is too sacrosanct for a corporate logo, the Levi's flags told the story on Tuesday.
The flags fly high above right field at AT&T Park, bright red buffers between the ballpark and the San Francisco Bay. As the wind blew briskly all afternoon, the Levi's flags pointed toward dead center field all afternoon.
Right field at AT&T Park is not an easy position to play, with its spacious ground, and pinball angles, and with fans peeking in and hollering at you from a...